Evaluating Qualitative and Quantitative Studies
Your First And Last Name
Date Paper Is Due
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1. Use APA format for all parts of the paper: margins, line spacing, paragraph spacing headings, text justification, font type, size, color, etc. See the APA manual for specifics.
2. Do not include an abstract or an author’s note. The assignments do not ask for this.
3. Do not include the questions or the assignment instructions in your papers.
4. Write in complete sentences, use proper grammar, do a spell check, use correct punctuation and capitalization, and use formal APA tone in your writing.
5. Do not use personal pronouns, slang, anthropomorphisms, or gendered language. Do not refer to yourself in the paper, do not say: the writer, researcher, author, etc.
Qualitative Study
Summary
Data Collection
Recommendation #1
Recommendation #2
Recommendation #3
Quantitative Study
Summary
Data Collection
Recommendation #1
Recommendation #2
Recommendation #3
References
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- The list of references must be on a separate page by itself.
- Use the 6th edition of the APA manual for formatting references.
- References must be in alphabetical order.
- Use the services of the school library and the writing center for help with APA style.
- Use only black 12-point Times Roman font, double-spaced, with hanging indents, and one-inch margins all around. Do not change the font color and do not underline the text.
- In the retrieval information do not include the library database or the retrieval date.
- Use only PRIMARY sources for your references. Ask the library for assistance in locating recent primary sources for your papers.
- References must all be primary sources: scholarly, professional, academic, peer reviewed journal articles. Other sources are not acceptable for academic research and referencing, and are NOT to be used for this class, such as:
Magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, dictionaries, wikipedia, other wikis, blogs, non-scholarly websites or any non-scientific sources that do not provide quality researched materials (any source that does not use credible sources to support the information in the document).
Format for Journal Articles
Author. (date). Title of article. Journal Name, Volume(issue), pages. doi: xxxxxxx.
Example
Roehl, B. Q. (1999). The rhetoric of composition: Convincing others. Journal of Composition Studies, 36(2), 132-144. doi: 190299.jocs.